Abstract
Objective: To measure the quality of life in post stroke patients with aphasia.
Study Design: A Cross-sectional descriptive study
Place and Duration: Speech Therapy Department at National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and Speech Clinic at Yusra
Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, over a period of four months from 1st May 2017 to 31st August 2017.
Methodology: Post stroke aphasic patients of both genders were assessed through 49 item Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SSQOL). The data was collected by using both verbal and non-verbal method and patient’s response on a five-point rating scale.
Variables specially studied included the domains of Energy, Family roles, Language, Mobility, Mood, Personality, Self-care, Social
roles, Thinking, Upper extremity function, Vision and Work productivity scores which were calculated and noted.
Results: The sample population (n=50) consisted of 62% males and 38% female respondents, with a mean age 55.46 + 15.59 years. A
high prevalence of 54%, was noted with low quality of life with score of 50-99, and only 2% having good quality of life (200-245), and
another 12% and 2% having lesser quality of life with scores of 150-199 and 100-149 respectively. Most patients faced difficulty in
performing the domain tasks with a Mean score of 2.60 + 0.808, consistent with moderately low level of quality of life.
Conclusion: Stroke patients with aphasia have low level of quality of life
Maimoona Ismail, Nazia Mumtaz, Muhammad Naveed Babur, Ghulam Saqulain. (2019) Quality of life in post stroke aphasia patients, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4 (Part-B).
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